Sink drainage board



July 10, 1928. 1,676,771

F. S. CORRIGAN SINK DRAINAGE BOARD Filed Oct. 30, 1926 INVENTEIE.

Patented July 10, 1928.

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I FREDERICK-SINCLAIR 'CORRIGAN, or ron onro, 'on' ranro, CANADA;assrenoa, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 GENERAL STEEL wAREs LIMITED, OFTORONTO, CANADA.

" SINK DRAINAGE" BOARD,

Application filed OetObe rSO, 1926, Serial No.=145,287, and in :CanadaOctober 29,1926.

' This invention relates to boards such as employed in connection with.sinks for the drainage of dishes and which usually. rest at one end onthe sink and are supported on a bracket or brackets extending from thewall to which the sing is connected. In the case of metaldrainageboards, it is diflicult to satisfactorily secure the board tothe supporting bracket or to hold it firmly down against the edge of thesink, and my object is to devise simple and eflective means for formingsuch connections.

:I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which 4 Fig. 1 is an endelevation of a drainage board constructed in accordance with my- Ainvention and shown in position on a sink;

Fig. 2 a front elevation, partly in section, of the same;

Fig. 3 a plan View ofthe underside and Fig. 4 a cross section of thedrainage board. a

In the drawings like numerals of refer ence indicate corresponding partsin the difl'erent figures.

1 is astamped metal drainage board of ordinary type. At the under sideof the board are secured loops 2, preferably rectangular inform, bent upfrom a strip of metal and provided. with lugs 3 welded to the undersideof the board. These pairs of loops are so positioned relative to thedepending flange 4 of the board that wooden cleats 5 may be insertedinto the loops in the following manner.

One end of the cleat is pushed well through one ofthe loops from theinner side until its other end'clears the other loop. The cleat may thenbe drawn back to engage in said second loop and held in position inengagement with both loops by a nail or screw. In order that this may bedoneeach cleat is made not longer than the distance between the inneredge of the flanges and the inner edge of the loop remote therefrom. Thecleat 5 at the outer end of the board, when the board is in use, issecured by means of screws 12 to the bracket 6, adapted to be secured tothe'wall againstwhich the sink 7 is secured. The cleat 5 at the innerend of ,the board provides means whereby. the drainage board may besecurcdto the edge of the sink. One or more clamp members are provided,each clamp member r ca i being other end 10 is, bent to engage the undersurfaces of the drainage board when the center, of the clamp is drawn upto the cleat by means of the screw 11.

The constructions described, as will be seen, provide means whereby thedrainage board may be connected very securely to the sink and wallwithout any traces of such connections showing at the upper side of theboard. a

What I claim is; I

1. A sheet metal drainage board for sinks having a plurality of pairs ofalined metal loops permanently securedto its under surface; woodencleats adapted to be slipped into and held by said loops; a clampmember; ascrew for securing the clamp member to one of said cleats withone end engaging under the edge of a sink on which one endof.

the board is rested; a wall bracket adapted to be secured to a wall; andscrews for re movably, securing. the wall bracket to the other cleat.

2. A sheet-metal drainage board for sinks havinga pair of alined metalloopspermanently secured to its under surface adjacent one end; a woodencleat adapted to be slipped into and held by said loops; a wall bracketseparate from said'cleat and having a wall engaging part and a partadapted to be secured to the cleat; and screws for renliovably securingthe wall bracket to the c eat. x I

3. A sheet metal drainage board for sinks having a pair of alined metalloops permanently. secured to its under surface adjacent one end; awooden cleat adapted to be slippedintoand held by said loops; a clampmember; a screw for securing the clamp member to said cleat with one endengaging under the edge of a sink on which one end of the board isrested; and means for supporting the outer end of the board.

4. A sheet metal draining board provided with a depending flange; a pairof alined metal loops permanently secured to its I under surfaceadjacent one end; a wooden cleat adapted to be slipped into and held bysaid loops, the cleat being not longer than the distance between theinner edge of the j I flange and the inner edge of the loop remotetherefrom so that the cleat may be in- "se'rted throughone of the loopsfrom the 1 may be drawn with a. depending flange; a pair of'alined innerside until-it clears the otberloop and back to engage in said otherloop; and a wall bracket adapted to be removebly'secumd to thecl'eat,and the wa'IL.

{SKA sheet'metal draining board provided metal loops permanently securedto its under sum-face ndjwcent one end; :a Wooden cleat adapted to beslipped into and held by 7 said loops, the pleat being not longer thanthe distancebetween the inner edge of the fi a n g e and the inner edgeof the loop remote therefrom so that the cleat may be inserted throughone of the loops fromthe-inner side until it clears the other 1001) .andmaybe drawn baok'to engage in said other loop; a clamp member adapted tobe secured to said cleat with one end engaging under the edge eta Sinkon Which one end of the board is rested; and means for supporting theouter end of the board;

Signed at Toronto,- Canadzi, 13th day

